Indolyrocephalus
Extinct genus of amphibians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indolyrocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian belonging to the family Trematosauridae. It contains a single species, I. huxleyi, from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India.[1] It was initially classified in Gonioglyptus, then into its own genus Indolyrocephalus, and then back into Gonioglyptus[2], but is presently placed in Indolyrocephalus once again.[3][4]
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Indolyrocephalus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Trematosauridae |
Genus: | †Indolyrocephalus Tripathi, 1969 |
Species: | †I. huxleyi |
Binomial name | |
†Indolyrocephalus huxleyi (Lydekker, 1882) | |
Synonyms | |
Gonioglyptus huxleyi Lydekker, 1882 |
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